OBJECT

The keyword OBJECT can be used together with a range of identifiers for different commands.

• help: <editor>

  Displays the exe_hlp.txt help file in the specified editor.

  EXAMPLE

  OBJECT help: notepad displays the help in the Notepad editor.

  Note
  The blank after the colon is mandatory for all identifiers. The command cannot be executed if the colon is forgotten.

• log: <editor>

  Displays the exe_log.txt log file in the specified editor.

  EXAMPLE

  OBJECT log: notepad

• message: <text>

  Opens a window with a message for the user.

  EXAMPLE

  OBJECT message: Please note: execution is finished! results in the following window:

  

• popWindow: <title>

  The ASCET window with the specified name pops up. <title> does not have to be the complete name, part of the name specified in the title bar is sufficient.

  EXAMPLE

  OBJECT popWindow: Database – the Component Manager pops up.

• generatePopWindowCommandFile: <filename>

  Creates a file with the specified name in which the correct popWindow command is generated for the ASCET window currently active. The required file ending must be specified in <filename>, path specifications are optional.

  EXAMPLE

  OBJECT generatePopWindowCommandFile: pop.txt

  generates the pop.txt file with the following contents when invoked from the Component Manager (only ASCET-MD is installed):

  OBJECT popWindow: ASCET-MD

• wait: <n>

  Interrupts execution of the script file for n seconds.

  EXAMPLE

  The lines

  OBJECT wait: 5

  EXECUTE C:\Windows\notepad.exe

  result in a 5-second delay before Notepad is started.

• windows: <editor>

  Displays a list (exe_win.txt) of the Smalltalk names of all open ASCET windows in the specified editor.

  EXAMPLE

  OBJECT windows: notepad

  displays the list in Notepad.

See also

Structure of the Script Files